Acrostic and Tanka poetry - students will read and writing an acrostic and and tanka poem.
Tuesday
Onomatopoeia in poetry - students will read and write using onomatopoeia.
Wednesday
Shape Poetry - Students will write a poem in a shape.
Thursday
Introduction to Research and Social Studies Research Project
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 16th
Monday
Alliteration in poetry - students will read and write poetry using alliteration.
Tuesday
Personification in poetry - students will read and write poetry using personification.
Wednesday
Repetition in poetry - students will read and write poetry using repetition.
Thursday
Imagery in poetry - students will read and write poetry using imagery.
Friday
Limericks and This is Just to Say
Week of April 9th
Monday
Code of Conduct for test takers
PSSA Rhyme
Review Narrative Poetry
Prewriting - Narrative Poem
Tuesday
Drafting - Narrative Poetry
Wednesday
Peer Review - Narrative Poetry
Thursday
Final Draft - Students will type their final draft of Google Classroom
Friday
Finish final draft
Reading Day
Week of April 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday - Friday
Students will write and illustrate an ode to share with the class.
Week of March 26th
Monday
Students will finish their TDA
Tuesday
Students will complete Study Island - Puncuation
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 19th
Monday
Review Narrative Poetry Discuss Form Poetry: Haiku and Symbol and Theme Read "Two Haiku," "Fireflies," and "Fireflies in the Garden"
Tuesday
Review "Two Haiku," "Fireflies," and "Fireflies in the Garden" Read "Stars with Wings" Introduce Poetry TDA
Wednesday - Thursday
TDA - Poetry and Nonfiction - Google Classroom
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 12th
Monday
Students will review poem with a classmate and write a final draft and upload on google classroom.
Tuesday
Students will share poems with a group via google classroom. Students will choose best poem to share with the entire class.
Wednesday - Thursday
Rhyme and Rhythm Students will read "Annabelle Lee" and respond to the poem. Students will write their own poem that uses rhyme and rhythm.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 5th
Monday - Tuesday
Vocabulary
Study Island
Wednesday - Friday
Reading and Writing Poetry "Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials. Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Week of February 26th
Monday
Introduction to Lesson Six vocabulary
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Prep question Introduction to cause and effect in nonfiction Read, Mutt and respond to the margin questions: "Like Black Smoke: The Black Death's Journey" and "A World Turned Upside Down: How the Black Death Affected Europe."
Thursday
Students will complete a PSSA style test on the selections on The Black Death. It will have multiple choice questions and one TDA that will be a short answer.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 19th
Monday - Wednesday
PSSA question of the day
Discuss theme, nonfiction and author's purpose
Students will read and review "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July"
Thursday
Selection Test - "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July"
Friday
Study Island - Spelling and Punctuation Reading Day
Week of February 12th
Monday - Wednesday
Read and Review "Homeless"
Thursday - Friday
Selection Test and TDA - Homeless Study Island
Week of February 5th
Monday
Review Brian's Song TDA Share and discuss CDT results Introduction to PSSA question of the day - students will read "The Farm the Ran and Came Back Again" and answer PSSA style questions
Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day Introduce and discuss Theme Read "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?" and respond to questions in the margins
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day Review "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?""
Thursday
PSSA style selection test - "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island - Verbs and Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Week of January 22nd
Monday-Tuesday
Read Part Two - Brian's Song.
Wednesday
Review/discuss Brian's Song - Test Tomorrow
Thursday - Friday
Test/TDA - Brian's Song AR
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday - Thursday
Students will continue to read Brian's Song
Friday
Study Island Topics - Varied Sentence Structure and Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers AR
Week of January 8th
Monday- Friday
PSSA Question of the day
Lesson Five Vocabulary
Introduction to drama - Brian's Song.
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Five Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of December 18th
Monday - Thursday
Return/Review TDA on "Amigo Brothers." Introduction to creation myth and mythology. Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class. In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth. Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 11th
Monday
Describe Theme and Compare and Contrast Students will read "Amigo Brothers" and respond to the margin questions
Tuesday
Review margin questions
TDA tomorrow
Wednesday
Students will write a TDA responding to "Amigo Brothers" - due tomorrow
Thursday
TDA due
Study Island
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 4th
Monday
Review "A Retrieved Reformation" - students will participate in creating a tableaux for presentation.
Tuesday
Introduction to TDAs Students will write a TDA in response to "A Retrieved Reformation"
Wednesday
Peer review of TDA and class discussion AR Review
Thursday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Friday
Test on Unit Six Vocabulary
Week of November 27th
Monday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Four Vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Define and describe third person point of view.
Read and discuss "A Retrieved Reformation"
Friday
Study Island - Task, Audience and Purpose and Precise Language and Sensory Details
Week of November 20th
Monday - Wednesday
Define and describe first person point of view. Read and Discuss "The Scholarship Jacket." On Wednesday - Selection Test
Thursday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will finish first and second draft of their argumentative essay. Students will film their argumentative essay.
Thursday - Friday
Students will present their video blog of their argumentative essay via Microsoft 365 and their streaming app.
Week of November 6th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will finish their rough draft - review with teacher and write a second draft
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will film themselves reading their second draft and upload to Microsoft 365 and Stream
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will finish preparations for their skit.
Wednesday
Students will present their skits for "Thank you, Ma'am."
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to argumentative writing, pages 162 - 165.
Students will prewrite and begin drafting an argumentative writing piece.
Week of October 23rd
Monday - Thursday
With a partner, students will read the selection, "Thank You, Ma'am." Students will then create a skit where they explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view and theme) and how they are used in the selection. They will prepare Monday - Wednesday and present on Thursday.
Friday
Lesson Three Vocabulary Test
Study Island Day - Introducing and closing topics/Supporting and Developing topics
Week of October 16th
Monday - Wednesday
Each day students will complete a journal and a vocabulary activity. Introduction to suspense and foreshadowing. Students will partner read "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Selection test - "Rikki-tikki-tavi"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Review "The Last Dog"
Wednesday
Selection Test - "The Last Dog"
Thursday
Introduction to Lesson Three Words
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 2nd
Monday - Wednesday
Introduction to setting Partner read and discussion of "The Last Dog"
Thursday
Selection test - "The Last Dog"
Friday
Lesson Two Vocabulary Test
AR
Week of September 25th
Monday
Introduction to Lesson Two Vocabulary
Tuesday - Thursday
Discuss Plot and connecting to the text. Partner read and discussion of "Seventh Grade."
Friday
Selection test - "Seventh Grade."
Week of September 18th
Monday - Thursday
CDTs
Friday
Story Round
Week of September 11th
Monday - Wednesday
Introduce MUTTin up the text. Students will read "Seventh Grade" Review "Seventh Grade" and the plot triangle.
Thursday
Test on "Seventh Grade"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 4th
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Finish rough draft of narrative essay.
Wednesday
Narrative Essay Peer Edit/Review Students will write a final draft of their narrative essay.
Thursday
Review Lesson One Vocabulary. Students will finish their narrative essay - due tomorrow.
Friday
Lesson One Vocabulary Quiz Complete narrative essay. AR
Week of August 28th
Monday
Students will present their "I Am" poems to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary
Wednesday
Introduction to The Writing Process Introduction to Narrative Writing Prewriting due tomorrow
Thursday
Review Narrative Writing Students will write a rough draft of a narrative essay.
Friday
Students will finish narrative draft Study Island Pretest Vocabulary Unit One Review
Week of August 21st
Monday
No school - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome back to school! Introduction to Journals Classroom Expectations
Internet Acceptable Use Policy Appropriate Use of Personal Devices Remind
Monday - Friday
Library Research
Social Studies Project
Week of April 23rd
Monday
Acrostic and Tanka poetry - students will read and writing an acrostic and and tanka poem.
Tuesday
Onomatopoeia in poetry - students will read and write using onomatopoeia.
Wednesday
Shape Poetry - Students will write a poem in a shape.
Thursday
Introduction to Research and Social Studies Research Project
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 16th
Monday
Alliteration in poetry - students will read and write poetry using alliteration.
Tuesday
Personification in poetry - students will read and write poetry using personification.
Wednesday
Repetition in poetry - students will read and write poetry using repetition.
Thursday
Imagery in poetry - students will read and write poetry using imagery.
Friday
Limericks and This is Just to Say
Week of April 9th
Monday
Code of Conduct for test takers
PSSA Rhyme
Review Narrative Poetry
Prewriting - Narrative Poem
Tuesday
Drafting - Narrative Poetry
Wednesday
Peer Review - Narrative Poetry
Thursday
Final Draft - Students will type their final draft of Google Classroom
Friday
Finish final draft
Reading Day
Week of April 2nd
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Easter Break
Wednesday - Friday
Students will write and illustrate an ode to share with the class.
Week of March 26th
Monday
Students will finish their TDA
Tuesday
Students will complete Study Island - Puncuation
Wednesday
Reading Day
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 19th
Monday
Review Narrative Poetry
Discuss Form Poetry: Haiku and Symbol and Theme
Read "Two Haiku," "Fireflies," and "Fireflies in the Garden"
Tuesday
Review
"Two Haiku," "Fireflies," and "Fireflies in the Garden"
Read "Stars with Wings"
Introduce Poetry TDA
Wednesday - Thursday
TDA - Poetry and Nonfiction - Google Classroom
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 12th
Monday
Students will review poem with a classmate and write a final draft and upload on google classroom.
Tuesday
Students will share poems with a group via google classroom. Students will choose best poem to share with the entire class.
Wednesday - Thursday
Rhyme and Rhythm
Students will read "Annabelle Lee" and respond to the poem.
Students will write their own poem that uses rhyme and rhythm.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 5th
Monday - Tuesday
Vocabulary
Study Island
Wednesday - Friday
Reading and Writing Poetry
"Names" by Billy Collins and free verse, imagery and memorials.
Students will write their own poem as a memorial.
Week of February 26th
Monday
Introduction to Lesson Six vocabulary
Tuesday - Wednesday
PSSA Prep question
Introduction to cause and effect in nonfiction
Read, Mutt and respond to the margin questions: "Like Black Smoke: The Black Death's Journey" and "A World Turned Upside Down: How the Black Death Affected Europe."
Thursday
Students will complete a PSSA style test on the selections on The Black Death. It will have multiple choice questions and one TDA that will be a short answer.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 19th
Monday - Wednesday
PSSA question of the day
Discuss theme, nonfiction and author's purpose
Students will read and review "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July"
Thursday
Selection Test - "It's Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July"
Friday
Study Island - Spelling and Punctuation
Reading Day
Week of February 12th
Monday - Wednesday
Read and Review "Homeless"
Thursday - Friday
Selection Test and TDA - Homeless
Study Island
Week of February 5th
Monday
Review Brian's Song TDA
Share and discuss CDT results
Introduction to PSSA question of the day - students will read "The Farm the Ran and Came Back Again" and answer PSSA style questions
Tuesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Introduce and discuss Theme
Read "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?" and respond to questions in the margins
Wednesday
PSSA Question of the Day
Review "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?""
Thursday
PSSA style selection test - "What Do Fish Have to do with Anything?"
Friday
Study Island - Verbs and Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Week of January 22nd
Monday-Tuesday
Read Part Two - Brian's Song.
Wednesday
Review/discuss Brian's Song - Test Tomorrow
Thursday - Friday
Test/TDA - Brian's Song
AR
Week of January 15th
Monday
No School - Teacher Inservice
Tuesday - Thursday
Students will continue to read Brian's Song
Friday
Study Island Topics - Varied Sentence Structure and Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
AR
Week of January 8th
Monday - Friday
PSSA Question of the day
Lesson Five Vocabulary
Introduction to drama - Brian's Song.
Week of January 1st
Monday
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Five Vocabulary
Wednesday - Friday
CDTs
Week of December 18th
Monday - Thursday
Return/Review TDA on "Amigo Brothers."
Introduction to creation myth and mythology.
Students will read "Prometheus" and "Orpheus" and discuss as a class.
In groups, students will create a creation myth and write a skit about that myth.
Students will perform that skit for the class.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 11th
Monday
Describe Theme and Compare and Contrast
Students will read "Amigo Brothers" and respond to the margin questions
Tuesday
Review margin questions
TDA tomorrow
Wednesday
Students will write a TDA responding to "Amigo Brothers" - due tomorrow
Thursday
TDA due
Study Island
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 4th
Monday
Review "A Retrieved Reformation" - students will participate in creating a tableaux for presentation.
Tuesday
Introduction to TDAs
Students will write a TDA in response to "A Retrieved Reformation"
Wednesday
Peer review of TDA and class discussion
AR Review
Thursday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Friday
Test on Unit Six Vocabulary
Week of November 27th
Monday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Four Vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Define and describe third person point of view.
Read and discuss "A Retrieved Reformation"
Friday
Study Island - Task, Audience and Purpose and Precise Language and Sensory Details
Week of November 20th
Monday - Wednesday
Define and describe first person point of view.
Read and Discuss "The Scholarship Jacket."
On Wednesday - Selection Test
Thursday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 13th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will finish first and second draft of their argumentative essay.
Students will film their argumentative essay.
Thursday - Friday
Students will present their video blog of their argumentative essay via Microsoft 365 and their streaming app.
Week of November 6th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will finish their rough draft - review with teacher and write a second draft
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will film themselves reading their second draft and upload to Microsoft 365 and Stream
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Week of October 30th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will finish preparations for their skit.
Wednesday
Students will present their skits for "Thank you, Ma'am."
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to argumentative writing, pages 162 - 165.
Students will prewrite and begin drafting an argumentative writing piece.
Week of October 23rd
Monday - Thursday
With a partner, students will read the selection, "Thank You, Ma'am." Students will then create a skit where they explain the five elements of story (plot, character, setting, point of view and theme) and how they are used in the selection. They will prepare Monday - Wednesday and present on Thursday.
Friday
Lesson Three Vocabulary Test
Study Island Day - Introducing and closing topics/Supporting and Developing topics
Week of October 16th
Monday - Wednesday
Each day students will complete a journal and a vocabulary activity.
Introduction to suspense and foreshadowing.
Students will partner read "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Selection test - "Rikki-tikki-tavi"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 9th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Review "The Last Dog"
Wednesday
Selection Test - "The Last Dog"
Thursday
Introduction to Lesson Three Words
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 2nd
Monday - Wednesday
Introduction to setting
Partner read and discussion of "The Last Dog"
Thursday
Selection test - "The Last Dog"
Friday
Lesson Two Vocabulary Test
AR
Week of September 25th
Monday
Introduction to Lesson Two Vocabulary
Tuesday - Thursday
Discuss Plot and connecting to the text.
Partner read and discussion of "Seventh Grade."
Friday
Selection test - "Seventh Grade."
Week of September 18th
Monday - Thursday
CDTs
Friday
Story Round
Week of September 11th
Monday - Wednesday
Introduce MUTTin up the text.
Students will read "Seventh Grade"
Review "Seventh Grade" and the plot triangle.
Thursday
Test on "Seventh Grade"
Friday
Reading Day
Week of September 4th
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Finish rough draft of narrative essay.
Wednesday
Narrative Essay Peer Edit/Review
Students will write a final draft of their narrative essay.
Thursday
Review Lesson One Vocabulary.
Students will finish their narrative essay - due tomorrow.
Friday
Lesson One Vocabulary Quiz
Complete narrative essay.
AR
Week of August 28th
Monday
Students will present their "I Am" poems to the class.
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary
Wednesday
Introduction to The Writing Process
Introduction to Narrative Writing
Prewriting due tomorrow
Thursday
Review Narrative Writing
Students will write a rough draft of a narrative essay.
Friday
Students will finish narrative draft
Study Island Pretest
Vocabulary Unit One Review
Week of August 21st
Monday
No school - In Service Day
Tuesday
Welcome back to school!
Introduction to Journals
Classroom Expectations
Internet Acceptable Use Policy
Appropriate Use of Personal Devices
Remind
Wednesday
Library Introduction
Thursday
I Am Poem - FInal Due on Monday
Friday
Reading Day